verb
gēraskamō
Strong’sG1095
I become old, grow old
stem gērask-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
γηράσκω (also γηράω; < γῆρας),
[in LXX chiefly for זקן;]
SYN.: παλαιοῦμαι.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1095 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidghay-ras'-ko
to be senescent
Fromfrom G1094;
King Jamesbe (wax) old.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
future γηράσομαι [ᾱ] Refs 5th c.BC+; γηράσω Refs 5th c.BC+: poetry infinitive γηρᾱσέμεν Refs 4th c.BC+: aorist ἐγήρᾱσα (κατ-) Refs 5th c.BC+participle γηράσασαν (variant{γηρᾶσαν}) Refs 5th c.BC+: perfect γεγήρᾱκα Refs 5th c.BC+:—also γηράω Refs 5th c.BC+, participle γηρῶν Refs 1st c.AD+aorist 2 (as if from γήρημι or γήρᾱμι) ἐγήρα Refs 8th c.BC+; infinitive γηράναι [ᾰ] Refs 5th c.BC+, participle γηράς Refs 8th c.BC+, genitive plural [ὑπερ-] γηράντων uncertain in Refs 2nd c.AD+; also γηρείς, έντος, Refs 6th c.BC+:—middle, γηράσκομαι Refs 8th c.BC+:—passive, (ὑπερ-) γηραθείς Refs 3rd c.AD+:—grow old, and in aorist and perfect, to be so, κηρύσσων γήρασκε grew old in his office of herald, Refs 8th c.BC+; of things, ὄγχνη ἐπ᾽ ὄγχνῃ γ. Refs 8th c.BC+:—so in middle, Refs 8th c.BC+
II causal in aorist 1 ἐγήρᾱσα, bring to old age, ἐγήρασάν με τροφῇ Refs 4th c.BC+; γηράσας πόδα (but perhaps accusative cognate) Refs 1st c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| gēraskaseiaγηράσῃς | happened · youaorist active subjunctive 2nd person singular | grow old | 1× |
| gēraskarōntemγηράσκον | happening now · subjectpresent active participle direct singular neuter | growing old | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | gēraskamō | gēraskame | gēraskami | gēraskama | gēraskamē | gēraskamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | gēraskasō | gēraskase | gēraskasi | gēraskasa | gēraskasē | gēraskaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | gēraskatō | gēraskate | gēraskati | gēraskata | gēraskatē | gēraskatelē |
| we 1st person plural | gēraskanō | gēraskane | gēraskani | gēraskana | gēraskanē | gēraskanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | gēraskavō | gēraskave | gēraskavi | gēraskava | gēraskavē | gēraskavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | gēraskalō | gēraskale | gēraskali | gēraskala | gēraskalē | gēraskalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | gēraskameiō | gēraskameia | gēraskameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | gēraskaseiō | gēraskaseia1×γηράσῃς | gēraskaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | gēraskateiō | gēraskateia | gēraskateiē |
| we 1st person plural | gēraskaneiō | gēraskaneia | gēraskaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | gēraskaveiō | gēraskaveia | gēraskaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | gēraskaleiō | gēraskaleia | gēraskaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | gēraskasōr | gēraskasar | gēraskasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | gēraskatōr | gēraskatar | gēraskatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | gēraskavōr | gēraskavar | gēraskavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | gēraskalōr | gēraskalar | gēraskalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | gēraskamoiō | gēraskamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | gēraskasoiō | gēraskasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | gēraskatoiō | gēraskatoia |
| we 1st person plural | gēraskanoiō | gēraskanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | gēraskavoiō | gēraskavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | gēraskaloiō | gēraskaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | gēraskarō | gēraskari | gēraskara | gēraskarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | gēraskarōntos1× | gēraskarintos | gēraskarantos | gēraskarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
gērask is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
gēraskaseia“grow old”happened · youaorist active subjunctive 2nd person singular1×
John 21:18“grow old”… kai peripatase hopou thelase; hotan de gēraskaseia, ekteinasi tain cheirain su, kai allosos …… dressed yourself and walked where you wanted; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress …
gēraskarōntem“growing old”happening now · subjectpresent active participle direct singular neuter1×
Hebrews 8:13“growing old”… tan prōtan, tem de palaiorōntem kai gēraskarōntem engus afanismou.… has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear.